AUGUSTA — Six months ago, John Wilson could no longer manage his HIV and his cancer.
December 2011
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What some Mainers had on their minds Thursday at the State House
Callum O’Rourke AGE: 18 RESIDENCE: DayOne Residential Treatment Center, Hollis OCCUPATION: Receiving treatment for drug and alcohol addiction O’Rourke started drinking as a young child, beginning an addiction that progressed to drugs. He has been arrested for assault, theft and motor vehicle burglary, and was sent to the Day One center to get rehabilitation treatment […]
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Portland gives protesters Monday deadline
PORTLAND — City officials notified Occupy Maine on Thursday that its encampment in Lincoln Park must be removed by noon on Monday unless the protest group, as it has promised, files a federal lawsuit against the city before then.
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Estranged wife says Bellavance threatened to burn down shop
AUGUSTA — Raymond Bellavance Jr.’s estranged wife testified Thursday she was one of the first people to tell police that Bellavance had threatened to burn down the Grand View Topless Coffee Shop.
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Board approves busing contract
AUGUSTA — The Board of Education has unanimously approved a new five-year bus contract.
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Woolston Crossing an engineering miracle
There was the Great Pyramid, the Sphinx, the Great Wall of China. Now there is the Incredible Crossing located in Winthrop at the railroad tracks. Thanks to our new town manager, Jeff Woolston, the “bump” that has plagued us for years has been fixed. We should consider calling this Woolston Crossing. Ben Thomas Winthrop
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Ashamed of all those in office, what they are doing
I never thought I would see the day that politicians could make such a mess of this country. I realize that the liberals have been working at it for a long time, and they seem to be succeeding at the moment. I did not realize that there were so many Marxists and communists in this […]
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No one should be banned from state property
Capitol Police have forbidden nine supporters and one long-time occupant of Occupy Augusta from entering Capitol Park, the Blaine House grounds, the State House or any state property in Augusta. They were given criminal trespass notices with no expiration date. If they attend a public hearing or lobby in the State House, they could spend […]
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Transportation group highlights Maine projects
PORTLAND — A national transportation research organization has identified 50 transportation-related projects that it says would support economic growth in Maine and improve residents’ quality of life.
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‘An act of God’ — let’s keep God out of politics
In response to Maine Housing Board Chairman Peter Anastos’ remark (KJ, Dec. 4) that Dale McCormick could lose her job only by “an act of God,” may I suggest that that may be how she got it. On one hand, let’s keep God out of politics, and, on the other hand, whose God? Don Stratton […]